Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIn friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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